'Smacking' definitions:

Definition of 'smacking'

(from WordNet)
noun
The act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand [syn: smack, smacking, slap]

Definition of 'Smacking'

From: GCIDE
  • Smack \Smack\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Smacking.] [OE. smaken to taste, have a taste, -- from the noun; cf. AS. smecan taste; akin to D. smaken, G. schmecken, OHG. smechen to taste, smach?n to have a taste (and, derived from the same source, G. schmatzen to smack the lips, to kiss with a sharp noise, MHG. smatzen, smackzeen), Icel. smakka to taste, Sw. smaka, Dan. smage. See 2d Smack, n.]
  • 1. To have a smack; to be tinctured with any particular taste. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To have or exhibit and indication or suggestion of the presence of any character or quality; to have a taste, or flavor; -- used with of; as, a remark smacking of contempt. [1913 Webster + PJC]
  • All sects, all ages, smack of this vice. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with a sharp noise; to buss. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting anything. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Smacking'

From: GCIDE
  • Smacking \Smack"ing\, n. A sharp, quick noise; a smack. [1913 Webster]
  • Like the faint smacking of an after kiss. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Smacking'

From: GCIDE
  • Smacking \Smack"ing\ (sm[a^]k"[i^]ng), a. Making a sharp, brisk sound; hence, brisk; as, a smacking breeze. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'smacking'

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